Biographical Sketch of John W. Meng, Lafayette County, Missouri >From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo. Historical Company, 1881. ********************************************************************** John W. Meng, P.O. Lexington, Mo., was born in Callaway county, Mo., October 6, 1847. In 1852 he moved with his parents to this county, where he was educated in a private academy. In 1864, at the age of sixteen, he enlisted in Company B, Gordon's regiment of Shelby's command, and served to the end of the war. Was in the battles of Big and Little Blue, Mine Creek, Newtonia, and many other fights. After the war he took a thorough course of dentistry, and graduated at Baltimore college of dentistry in 1879. He then located in Lexington, in this county, and has practiced ever since. In 1874 he was married to Miss Annie Carter, of this county, and has one child, Warren Douglas. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================